Guest guest Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Lynda and Jo I still love goat cheese, but if it means a life-time of unnecessary pregnancy for a goat, I won't eat it even if it were my own goat. Cannot goat's be given some kind of drug to force them to produce milk? And if so, are there any negative side effects for the goat? Lynda: Is your soul purpose of goat-rescuing so that you can milk them? Or are they your living lawn mowers? Where do you rescue them from? Jo, which would you prefer: 1) That Lynda not rescue goats 2) That Lynda rescues goats and milks them Personally, I'd rather see a goat being milked by Lynda than on a factory farm, wouldn't you Jo? Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 >2) That Lynda rescues goats and milks them<BR> I think that its great that there are people out there that are rescuing goats( and other animals), but my question was ,what happens when the milk runs out? Some people stil think goats and cows lactate forever, - I think goats will only lactate for 6months-1 year after giving birth, what happens then? Jo ><BR> >Jeff<BR> ><BR> ><BR> ><BR> ><BR> ><BR> ><BR> ></tt> > ><br><br> ><tt> >To send an email to - </tt> ><br><br> > > > ><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > ><br> ><tt><hr width= " 500 " > ><b> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Same answer to this previous post: - <Kimberley1 Tuesday, May 03, 2005 11:18 AM Re: Re: Quetion for Lynda > but goats will only produce milk for around 6 monnths after giving birth > and then it will naturally tail off, > what happens to the goat then ? Do you keep them until they die of old age > or do you make them have another kid? > and then what happens to this kid? > > JO We rescue them. We milk until they dry up. In the mean time we teach them to be good little critters. Some we place with petting zoos, one went to a group that is teaching children about animals. Some have been placed with homes as pets. Some go to a neigbor that rents them out to forage to get rid of blackberries and poison oak. They all sign contracts and aren't allowed to breed them and must return them to us if they can no longer care for them. Some of our " girls " are now over 10 years old. Generally 8 more years than they had before we rescued them. No, we don't breed them. Lynda > I will add that how long you milk a goat depends on the condition of the goat when you get them. Some we don't do much in the line of milking at all. They have cuts or mastitis and we spend the time fixing them up. Some are severely malnourished and we work at getting food into them. The ones we milk are generally the does that someone bought " thinking " that milking would be easy, no big deal. I don't know how many times I've heard " They are so small and so cute, we didn't think they'd be that much work/trouble. " Then they found out it was twice a day, seven days a week. Or their kid wanted a pet and the doe they bred turned out to be preggers. Or their kid wanted a 4-H project and decided that they either didn't like goats or didn't like milking. Or they bought a Nubian and found out after they bought it that Nubians make Siamese cats look like the silent breed! Or, and this is about 50% of the time, they didn't realise that goats don't eat just anything, are very picky eaters and make Houdini look like a clutz at getting out of things! Those does we will milk until they are done lactating. How long that lasts depends on the breed. Some breeds give almost as much milk as a small cow (Saneens) and will milk for over a year. Some breeds are inclined to milk for 6 to 9 months. Lynda - <Kimberley1 Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:35 PM RE: Lynda's Goats > > >2) That Lynda rescues goats and milks them<BR> > > I think that its great that there are people out there that are rescuing > goats( and other animals), > but my question was ,what happens when the milk runs out? > Some people stil think goats and cows lactate forever, - I think goats will > only lactate for 6months-1 year after giving birth, what happens then? > > Jo ><BR> > >Jeff<BR> > ><BR> > ><BR> > ><BR> > ><BR> > ><BR> > ><BR> > ></tt> > > > ><br><br> > ><tt> > >To send an email to - </tt> > ><br><br> > > > > > > > ><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > > > ><br> > ><tt><hr width= " 500 " > > ><b> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 > Cannot goat's be given some kind of drug to force them to produce > milk? And if so, are there any negative side effects for the goat? That would be hormones, and there are always side-effects to using hormones, as there are in humans. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Goats are much more sensitive to any of that stuff than cows and are more inclined to have reactions. Plus contrary to what the cow folks would have you believe, the hormones do go into the milk. Not a good thing for anyone concerned! Lynda - heartwerk <heartwork Tuesday, May 03, 2005 11:31 PM Re: Lynda's Goats > > Cannot goat's be given some kind of drug to force them to produce > > milk? And if so, are there any negative side effects for the goat? > > That would be hormones, and there are always side-effects to using > hormones, as there are in humans. > > Jo > > > > > > To send an email to - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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